The American Legion
#v42#4
(April 1947)
The American Legion,
1926 Series
- Volume
- 42
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 56
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1947
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- The American Legion
- Printer
- Printed in the U. S. A.
- Editing
- Alexander Gardiner (credited) (editor)
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Cassel (signed)
- Pencils
- John Cassel (signed)
- Inks
- John Cassel (signed)
- Letters
- John Cassel (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- American Resources
- Genre
- drama
- Characters
- Uncle Sam; John Bull
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.15 page
- Script
- Wally Wallgren (signed as W)
- Pencils
- Wally Wallgren (signed as W)
- Inks
- Wally Wallgren (signed as W)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who said anything about a swimming pool?
- Genre
- humor
- Keywords
- swimsuits
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Ralph Newman (signed)
- Pencils
- Ralph Newman (signed)
- Inks
- Ralph Newman (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A pole vaulter uses a ladder.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Kirk Stiles (credited) (signed as Kirk)
- Pencils
- Kirk Stiles (credited) (signed as Kirk)
- Inks
- Kirk Stiles (credited) (signed as Kirk)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A knocked out boxer is dreaming a different result.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.15 page
- Script
- Leo Salkin (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Salkin (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Leo Salkin (credited, signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man uses a clothes wringer to squeeze toothpaste out of a tube.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.15 page
- Script
- Tom Henderson (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Tom Henderson (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Tom Henderson (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bring the guy spaghetti like he ordered and let's have no more clowning!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.15 page
- Script
- Gus Lundberg (credited) (signed as
Lundberg) - Pencils
- Gus Lundberg (credited) (signed as Lundberg)
- Inks
- Gus Lundberg (credited) (signed as Lundberg)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You should feel less self-conscious now. Everybody will think they're on the hat
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- George Wolfe (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- George Wolfe (credited, signed)
- Inks
- George Wolfe (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You heard what she told you yesterday - she said she never wants to see you again!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Gerald Green (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Gerald Green (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Gerald Green (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That is not the way we pick up the mail, Jones!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jones
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Ben Roth (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Ben Roth (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Ben Roth (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I dunno. He was here a minute ago!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Bo Brown (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Bo Brown (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Bo Brown (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You the gent that's got a fly in his soup?
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Don Tobin (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Don Tobin (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Don Tobin (credited, signed)
- Letters
- Don Tobin (credited, signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Atom Bomb in World Affairs
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.15 page
- Script
- Rodney deSarro (credited) (signed as Rod deSarro)
- Pencils
- Rodney deSarro (credited) (signed as Rod deSarro)
- Inks
- Rodney deSarro (credited) (signed as Rod deSarro)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See if you can get a sitter for tonight, dear-
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Charles Luchsinger (credited) (signed as Luchsinger)
- Pencils
- Charles Luchsinger (credited) (signed as Luchsinger)
- Inks
- Charles Luchsinger (credited) (signed as Luchsinger)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Actually, they're all alike, but someone was always wanting a larger or smaller one
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Impulses / cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Ponce De Leon (credited) (signed as Ponce de León)
- Pencils
- Ponce De Leon (credited) (signed as Ponce de León)
- Inks
- Ponce De Leon (credited) (signed as Ponce de León)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman's shadow listens in to what two other women are saying.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); B. M. (signed)
- Pencils
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); B. M. (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); B. M. (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is terrible! Wait till the vets at that stag find doves in theirs!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Signature reads "Wally + B. M." with no mention of who did what.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic) (credited as Sid Gordon)
- Pencils
- Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic) (credited as Sid Gordon)
- Inks
- Sid Gordin (signed as Sivic) (credited as Sid Gordon)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't he a wonderful model? I met him through his daughter
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); G. C. P. (signed)
- Pencils
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); G. C. P. (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); G. C. P. (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wish my first grade teacher was smart enough to be permoted to the second grade with me!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Colin Powers
Indexer Notes
'Permoted' rather than promoted is how it was spelled.
Signature reads "Wally + G. C. P."
It's not known if naming the child Colin Powers was an in-joke to the initialed co-creator.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); B. M. (signed)
- Pencils
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); B. M. (signed)
- Inks
- Wally Wallgren (credited as A. A. Wallgren) (signed as Wally); B. M. (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Waal, maw, if he does propose, I kin go duck huntin' cain't I?
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Elmer Atkins (credited) (signed as Atkins)
- Pencils
- Elmer Atkins (credited) (signed as Atkins)
- Inks
- Elmer Atkins (credited) (signed as Atkins)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A death row inmate is lead to the electric chair with a light bulb in his mouth.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Roy Williams (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Roy Williams (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Roy Williams (credited, signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A farmer and his dog both have wheat stalks out their mouths.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.15 page
- Script
- John Art Sibley (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- John Art Sibley (credited, signed)
- Inks
- John Art Sibley (credited, signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doesn't that guy remind you of Fred?
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Frank Owen (credited, signed)
- Pencils
- Frank Owen (credited, signed)
- Inks
- Frank Owen (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That Pony Express just don't stop for anything
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["American Resources"]
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2.
["Who said anything about a swimming pool?"]
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3.
[no title indexed]
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4.
[no title indexed]
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5.
[no title indexed]
-
6.
["Bring the guy spaghetti like he ordered and let's have no more clowning!"]
-
7.
["You should feel less self-conscious now. Everybody will think they're on the hat"]
-
8.
["You heard what she told you yesterday - she said she never wants to see you again!"]
-
9.
["That is not the way we pick up the mail, Jones!"]
-
10.
["I dunno. He was here a minute ago!"]
-
11.
["You the gent that's got a fly in his soup?"]
-
12.
["The Atom Bomb in World Affairs"]
-
13.
["See if you can get a sitter for tonight, dear-"]
-
14.
["Actually, they're all alike, but someone was always wanting a larger or smaller one"]
-
15.
["The odds against your getting a bridge hand with 13 cards of the same suit are 158,758,389,900 to 1"]
Maraca Rum -
16.
[no title indexed]
Impulses -
17.
["This is terrible! Wait till the vets at that stag find doves in theirs!"]
-
18.
["Isn't he a wonderful model? I met him through his daughter"]
-
19.
["I wish my first grade teacher was smart enough to be permoted to the second grade with me!"]
-
20.
["Waal, maw, if he does propose, I kin go duck huntin' cain't I?"]
-
21.
[no title indexed]
-
22.
[no title indexed]
-
23.
["Doesn't that guy remind you of Fred?"]
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24.
["That Pony Express just don't stop for anything"]
This issue was modified by
- Keith Alan Morgan
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